Apple Snails and Rat Lungworms Identified as a Growing Food Safety Threat in the U.S. and Canada
Food safety professionals across the United States and Canada are being urged to increase awareness of apple snails and rat lungworms (Angiostrongylus cantonensis)—an emerging biological hazard with serious implications for produce safety, environmental monitoring, and HACCP programs. Apple snails and other gastropods can act as intermediate hosts for rat lungworms, a parasitic roundworm capable of […]